we don't want to see other nato countries put troops in. we may be doing some things to aid the opposition, but we kind of like to see things tamped down but don't have many tools to do it. i'm more worried there will be a competition between president obama and governor romney on being anti-iranian, in a way that would look like there would be a ratcheting up in the direction of possible conflict next year. a conflict involving iran would be a disaster for everybody, not just the iranians, but for us, for the israelis an everybody else and i hope that the two sides, the two men tonight will not get out of hand in competing with one another on looking like they're playing the war card. sandra: ambassador hunter, we appreciate you sharing your views and your forecast on this. thanks for joining us tonight. >> thank you. sandra: gas prices are already sliding across the country but a 50 cent per gallon plunge could be just around the bend. details on that next. >>> plus taxes about to jump for 163 million people. so why aren't any of them mak